New product: Mavic Air Parallel Battery Charger

fstop.labs · Mar 13, 2018

Battery chargers are here!

These are similar to the Spark ones, the tricky part was that before the DJI batteries didn't communicate with the charger, now there is a signal pin going from the charger to the battery

They charge 4 batteries at the same time and 2 USB devices. They also have a battery safety cover so the charging pins are safe when its not charging.

https://www.amazon.com/DJI-Mavic-Ai...eywords=Mavic+Air+Battery+Charger+Accessories

scott rand · Mar 14, 2018

Like this, may order one, thanks for posting.

sberfield · Mar 14, 2018

True parallel is nice. May have to pick this up.

tcope · Mar 14, 2018

~~Great price!~~

Edit: Just an okay price, as increased from $40 to $45.

Jameslavis · Mar 14, 2018

Love my dji hub and I Don’t use anything but first party for this **** expensive to

tcope · Mar 14, 2018

Jameslavis said:
Love my dji hub and I Don’t use anything but first party for this **** expensive to

It's the battery that controls the charging. So the charger does not do much more then deliver a current.

CopyCatz · Mar 15, 2018

It showed up at amazon.de also but vendor is likecom. I'll just assume there's no difference

Turn11 · Mar 17, 2018

tcope said:
It's the battery that controls the charging

I ask this question for information not to be confrontational but to learn.
The charger that came with the MPP Fly More has a hub that you can connect 4 batteries to but it charges them in sequence. The Blue charger so many talk about charges all at the same time. Is the battery controlling the charge Is the blue charger doing damage to the batteries? I understand that once you shy away from using an OEM part things may not work the way the OEM manufacturer intended.

Is the charger in this thread an OEM or knockoff does anyone know

tcope · Mar 17, 2018

Turn11 said:
I ask this question for information not to be confrontational but to learn.
The charger that came with the MPP Fly More has a hub that you can connect 4 batteries to but it charges them in sequence. The Blue charger so many talk about charges all at the same time. Is the battery controlling the charge Is the blue charger doing damage to the batteries?

Its the battery. DJI chargers only have one charging device (I'm sure it has a proper name, like transformer but I'm not sure what that is). The hub simply moves that one charge circuit to the battery that is drawing the most power (amps I think). The blue charger has 3 separate charging circuits in it and provides the required power down each cord, period. The battery itself contains the electronics that accepts a charge and stops accepting a charge. So it is the battery that controls the charging. The chargers themselves, DJI and otherwise, simply provide electricity to the battery. Nothing more.

Turn11 · Mar 17, 2018

tcope said:
Its the battery. DJI chargers only have one charging device (I'm sure it has a proper name, like transformer but I'm not sure what that is). The hub simply moves that one charge circuit to the battery that is drawing the most power (amps I think). The blue charger has 3 separate charging circuits in it and provides the required power down each cord, period. The battery itself contains the electronics that accepts a charge and stops accepting a charge. So it is the battery that controls the charging. The chargers themselves, DJI and otherwise, simply provide electricity to the battery. Nothing more.

Thank, I like how you explain for those that have an open mind (I do about most things)

tcope · Mar 18, 2018

Need to edit my prior post as the price was just increased fro $40 to $45. Now, just an okay price. Personally, I'd buy on at $40 but probably not at $45 (I was going to buy one to give away).

Shield2160 · Mar 19, 2018

Well worth the money. I love mine.

roadkilt · Mar 19, 2018

tcope said:
So it is the battery that controls the charging. The chargers themselves, DJI and otherwise, simply provide electricity to the battery. Nothing more.

Not disagreeing with you, but on another forum a member pointed out the DJI charger hub has a micro USB port, not readily visible behind a rubber foot bumper, that could be used to program/upgrade the circuit board inside the hub. Interesting. So there MAY be some proprietary control from the hub itself.

tcope · Mar 19, 2018

roadkilt said:
Not disagreeing with you, but on another forum a member pointed out the DJI charger hub has a micro USB port, not readily visible behind a rubber foot bumper, that could be used to program/upgrade the circuit board inside the hub. Interesting. So there MAY be some proprietary control from the hub itself.

I was speaking about the charger itself. The hub does do something else... it directs the dumb charge from the controller to the battery that pulls the most current. But that is all that the hub does. This does not change that the battery still controls the charge itself and the charger only supplies a current, nothing more.

Turn11 · Mar 19, 2018

Is this a charger made BY DJI? (New product: Mavic Air Parallel Battery Charger) or is it made to charge OEM batteries?

Sold by F.Stop Labs and Fulfilled by Amazon.

tcope · Mar 19, 2018

Turn11 said:
Is this a charger made BY DJI? (New product: Mavic Air Parallel Battery Charger) or is it made to charge OEM batteries?

Sold by F.Stop Labs and Fulfilled by Amazon.

It's not made by DJI and it's distributed by F.Stop, who is an approved vendor here. Whenever a new DJI product comes out, someone ends up making an after market charger for the batteries. Never any issues with them (other then the lack of a ground on the metal versions).

Turn11 · Mar 19, 2018

tcope said:
It's not made by DJI and it's distributed by F.Stop, who is an approved vendor here. Whenever a new DJI product comes out, someone ends up making an after market charger for the batteries. Never any issues with them (other then the lack of a ground on the metal versions).

Thanks, I'm learning

Or trying to.

Jameslavis · Mar 20, 2018

It’s great to have options. For me, I stay pure dji as much as possible. Not for fanboy elements but rather mitigation of any potential issues if I hit a warranty problem.

Kilrah · Mar 20, 2018

If it was made by DJI it would be branded DJI not Yx, and DJI would sell it...

roadkilt said:
So there MAY be some proprietary control from the hub itself.

The hub communicates with the batteries to read their state of charge and decide which one to connect to the charger.

Turn11 · Mar 20, 2018

Kilrah said:
The hub communicates with the batteries

DJI OEM Charger.

The Blue Powerextra charges 3 at the same time and it is faster. Some say significantly but speed is in the eye of the beholder. Like Kilrah said, the blue one and others are not a DJI and it may or may not meet the specs DJI engineered. A LOT of folks use other than DJI BUT they do so at their own risk.